Nvidia today released its latest beta driver for its graphics cards. According to their release notes, the GeForce 337.50 Beta drivers pack key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games. Moreover, these gains were said to be noticed in CPU bound titles, therefore we decided to give these drivers a test. The end result pleased us but the performance boost is not as good as the one witnessed with AMD’s Mantle. Continue reading Nvidia’s GeForce 337.50 Beta Are Great But Not Equivalent To AMD’s Mantle Performance Boost
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Radeon R9 290Xtreme Announced, New 16GB DDR5 Dual-GPU To Rival Nvidia’s Titan Z, Will Cost $3399
AMD has just announced a new high-end GPU that will rival Nvidia’s recently announced dual-card, Titan Z. According to the red team, the card will pack 16GB of DDR5, 6156 cores, and two overclocked Hawaii XT chips. Clearly this GPU will be a top high-end product, however it comes with insane PSU requirements and price. Continue reading Radeon R9 290Xtreme Announced, New 16GB DDR5 Dual-GPU To Rival Nvidia’s Titan Z, Will Cost $3399
Avalanche Details “Number of ROPs” Differences Between Radeon HD7970 and Next-Gen Consoles
During this year’s GDC, Emil Persson – Head of Research at Avalanche Studios – talked about low-level shader optimization for both next-gen consoles and DX11. Most of these will sound like mumbo jumbo to you, but Emil’s presentation has been posted online and is something that will benefit some of you (provided you are game developers). Continue reading Avalanche Details “Number of ROPs” Differences Between Radeon HD7970 and Next-Gen Consoles
AMD’s Mantle Developer Beta Program Begins This April, Will Go Public Afterwards
During GDC 2014, it has been revealed that AMD’s Mantle program for developers will begin this April. According to the following slide, Mantle’s Beta SDK website will be opening this April. The catch here is that access to it will be limited to a select few. In short, don’t expect small indie developers to get their hands on it. Still, the good news is that after that beta program, Mantle will be available to everyone. Continue reading AMD’s Mantle Developer Beta Program Begins This April, Will Go Public Afterwards
AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver Released, Adds THIEF Mantle & TrueAudio Support
AMD has released a new beta driver for its graphics cards. According to its changelog, this new driver adds support for AMD Mantle and AMD True Audio in THIEF, and improves stuttering observed in CrossFire mode. Obviously, you will also need THIEF’s latest update (that will release later today) in order to run the game via the Mantle API. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver Released, Adds THIEF Mantle & TrueAudio Support
DirectX & OpenGL catching up with Mantle, will offer low-level access to reduce draw overhead
Huge news PC gamers. While Nvidia has not commented yet on supporting Mantle, it appears that both DirectX and OpenGL will be catching up with AMD’s API. According to some slideshows from this year’s GDC, both DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access in order to reduce draw overhead. This obviously translates to performance gains on older CPUs, something that will definitely excite PC gamers. Continue reading DirectX & OpenGL catching up with Mantle, will offer low-level access to reduce draw overhead
AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Released – THIEF Performance Improvements, BF4 Mantle Multi-GPU Support
AMD has released a new set of beta drivers for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, AMD’s Catalyst 14.2 Beta bring performance improvements to THIEF, as well as support for multiple GPUs (up to 4 GPUs) to Battlefield 4. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Released – THIEF Performance Improvements, BF4 Mantle Multi-GPU Support
Oxide Games, AMD, and NVIDIA will Present at GDC 2014 the Nitrous Engine and the Future of Real-time Graphics
Oxide Games has announced that it will be partnering with AMD and NVIDIA to examine the future of video games. During GDC 2014, Oxide Games will offer two presentations. The first talk will explain how to get the best use out of AMD’s Mantle API, with explanations of how the Nitrous engine achieves its goals while the second discussion with NVIDIA will explain how modern multi-core CPUs and GPUs open up new ways of designing games for the latest generation of consoles and PCs. Continue reading Oxide Games, AMD, and NVIDIA will Present at GDC 2014 the Nitrous Engine and the Future of Real-time Graphics
Oxide Games on Mantle: Nvidia needs to adapt – one way or another – if they want to stay relevant
Our reader ‘Russell Collins’ has informed about an interesting interview of MaximumPC with Oxide Games about Mantle. When asked about Mantle and Nvidia cards, Oxide Games’ Dan Baker claimed that Nvidia will have to adapt – one way or another – if they want to stay relevant. Continue reading Oxide Games on Mantle: Nvidia needs to adapt – one way or another – if they want to stay relevant
Square Enix & Amazon Launch The Ultimate THIEF Mod Contest
Square Enix and Amazon, in collaboration with a host of gaming partners including AMD and the team behind The Dark Mod, today announced the ultimate THIEF mod contest in celebration of the upcoming reboot to THIEF. Continue reading Square Enix & Amazon Launch The Ultimate THIEF Mod Contest